diff --git a/libcontainer/utils/utils_test.go b/libcontainer/utils/utils_test.go
index 51f0efa1..6bb0d677 100644
--- a/libcontainer/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 package utils
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestGenerateName(t *testing.T) {
 	name, err := GenerateRandomName("veth", 5)
@@ -44,3 +51,103 @@ func TestSearchLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResolveRootfs(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := "rootfs"
+	os.Mkdir(dir, 0600)
+	defer os.Remove(dir)
+
+	path, err := ResolveRootfs(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if path != fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", pwd, "rootfs") {
+		t.Errorf("expected rootfs to be abs and was %s", path)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveRootfsWithSymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := "rootfs"
+	tmpDir, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(os.TempDir())
+	os.Symlink(tmpDir, dir)
+	defer os.Remove(dir)
+
+	path, err := ResolveRootfs(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if path != tmpDir {
+		t.Errorf("expected rootfs to be the real path %s and was %s", path, os.TempDir())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveRootfsWithNonExistingDir(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ResolveRootfs("foo")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error to happen but received nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExitStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	status := syscall.WaitStatus(0)
+	ex := ExitStatus(status)
+	if ex != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected exit status to equal 0 and received %d", ex)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExitStatusSignaled(t *testing.T) {
+	status := syscall.WaitStatus(2)
+	ex := ExitStatus(status)
+	if ex != 130 {
+		t.Errorf("expected exit status to equal 130 and received %d", ex)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	person := struct {
+		Name string
+		Age  int
+	}{
+		Name: "Alice",
+		Age:  30,
+	}
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	err := WriteJSON(&b, person)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expected := `{"Name":"Alice","Age":30}`
+	if b.String() != expected {
+		t.Errorf("expected to write %s but was %s", expected, b.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCleanPath(t *testing.T) {
+	path := CleanPath("")
+	if path != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected to received empty string and received %s", path)
+	}
+
+	path = CleanPath("rootfs")
+	if path != "rootfs" {
+		t.Errorf("expected to received 'rootfs' and received %s", path)
+	}
+
+	path = CleanPath("../../../var")
+	if path != "var" {
+		t.Errorf("expected to received 'var' and received %s", path)
+	}
+
+	path = CleanPath("/../../../var")
+	if path != "/var" {
+		t.Errorf("expected to received '/var' and received %s", path)
+	}
+}